Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LAOAG CITY
Laoag City

GRADE 9 SCIENCE 
LESSON  4   PARTS AND FUNCTIONS
OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Objectives: 
• At  the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. describe circulatory system;
2. identify the parts of the circulatory system; and
3. discuss the functions of the circulatory system.
 
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
The circulatory system is the life support structure that
nourishes your cells with nutrients from the food you eat
and oxygen from the air you breathe.

It can be compared to a complex arrangement of

highways, avenues and lanes connecting all the cells
together into a neighborhood.

Sequentially, the community of cells sustains the body to

stay alive. Another name for the circulatory system is the
cardiovascular system.

The circulatory system functions with other body systems

to deliver different materials in the body. It circulates vital
elements such as oxygen and nutrients. At the same
time, it also transports wastes away from the body.
 Three Main Parts of the Circulatory
System
THE HEART BLOOD VESSELS

BLOOD
THE HEART
THE HEART
Your heart is a hallow organ that pumps blood through the
blood vessels
Its size is just like your fist
is shaped like a cone
is located in the center of your chest between the lungs
 It is really two pumps in one, a pump on the left side and a
pump on the right side.
 It is a living pump

 It is really two pumps in one, a pump on the left side and a

pump on the right side.
The heart functions as a double pump beating in unison.
1. Deoxygenated blood--relatively low in oxygen
2.Oxygenated blood--relatively high in oxygen
The BLOOD VESSELS

carries blood throughout the body

• have thick, muscular walls.
• They are elastic and expand
every time the ventricles
contract.
• The force of the heart pumping
keeps the blood moving
through the arteries.
• carry blood away from the
heart.
The blood in the arteries is
bright red because it contains
much oxygen.
Capillaries
 are tiny vessels that connect arteries
to veins.

 are so small that the red blood cells

must pass through them in single file.

 the walls of the capillaries are only

one-cell thick.
Veins
• have muscular walls too, but they are thinner than
the walls of the arteries.
• There are one-way valves inside the veins to
prevent the blood from flowing backwards.
• Blood is moved along when you move your
muscles.
• This squeezes the blood inside the veins and
pushes the blood towards the heart.

• carry blood to the heart.

The blood in the veins is blue in color because it
lacks oxygen. You can see some of your veins
because they are right under the surface of the skin.
The veins begin at the capillaries and join into
larger veins until the largest vein empties into the
heart.
The BLOOD
 is a fluid that carries most of the
materials necessary for life.
 is the body’s means of transporting
substances around.
 It transports oxygen from the lungs
to the heart and then to the body’s
tissues, carbon dioxide from the
tissues to the heart and then to the
lungs to be expired materials like
hormones from one organ to another
nutrients (especially glucose) and
minerals from the intestines to the
tissues waste products to the
kidneys.
 The BLOOD
Three kinds of cells in the blood
1. red blood cells
2. White blood cells
3. platelets
The BLOOD
Red Blood Cells (RBC)
 are also called erythrocytes.
They are the most numerous cells in
the blood. Each liter of blood contains
4.5 to 6 trillion red blood cells.
 Its main component is the pigment
known as hemoglobin.
 Hemoglobin in the RBC binds
and carries oxygen.
The BLOOD
White Blood Cells (WBC)
 are larger and less numerous than
RBC (red blood cells)
 also called leukocytes, contain nuclei
and other types of organelles
 may circulate in the blood for weeks
before leaving the blood and entering
other tissues.
 help defend the body against
infection.
The BLOOD
Platelets, or thrombocytes, are small,
colorless cell fragments in our blood that
form clots and stop or prevent bleeding.

Platelets are made in our bone marrow, the

sponge-like tissue inside our bones.

Bone marrow contains stem cells that develop into

red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
 Lesson Summary

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